CARGILL HOSTS GRAND OPENING

    Cargill Viking hosted the grand opening of its expanded grain handling storage and rail facility at Viking on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

    The expansion improves terminal capacity available in the surrounding area. As a result of the expansion, the storage capacity will increase by approximately 10,000 metric tons and car rail handling from 52 cars to 100.

    Cargill’s Viking location presently ships the majority of its grain to Cargill’s North Vancouver and Prince Rupert export terminals via rail. Doubling its rail car capacity creates more efficiency throughout the industry.

    The celebrations started Wednesday morning with a gathering at the Viking Community Centre followed by an open invitation for area residents to stop by the Cargill location to take part in the grand opening celebrations.

For more see the Oct. 21/14 Weekly Review